Exploring Campus Diversity

Sherwood Thompson has attained distinction through a lengthy and productive career, directing campus-wide diversity programs for three major Carnegie Foundation Divisions-I public research universities, as well as one regional Polytechnic University. In this capacity, he has worked as a leader for university-wide diversity initiatives and multicultural programs, and he led an array of leadership positions in departments that served the academic needs of diverse students, faculty, and staff. Pam Parry is Chairperson of the Department of Mass Media at Southeast Missouri State University. In 2016, she received the Applegate Award for Excellence in Research from the Kentucky Communication Association. She is the author of Eisenhower: The Public Relations President and a co-editor of the book series, Women in American Political History, which is being published by Lexington Books, a subsidiary of Rowman & Littlefield.

Foreword
Dr. Sara Zeigler
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Dr. Sherwood Thompson
Unit 1- Campus Climate
Chapter 1- Questioning the Right to Protest: Taking a Knee at the Homecoming Football GameSherwood Thompson
Chapter 2- Did Stereotyping Cause a Terrible Case of Mistaking Identity?
Sherwood Thompson
Chapter 3- A Case Study in “Belonging”: How First-Generation College Students Contribute to Campus Diversity
Kathy Previs
Chapter 4- Islam Under the Microscope: A Story of An International Student
Mustapha Jourdini
Chapter 5- Failure to Thrive: Can Multiple Identities Cause Conflict?
Leah Robinson and De’Andrea Matthews
Chapter 6- “Where Do I Fit?”: International and Indigenous Students in Institutional Diversity Discourses
Eleni Oikonomidoy
Chapter 7- Is Academic Advising Really Multicultural?
Doris W. Carroll
Chapter 8- Non-Traditional Students: Why Am I here? Starting College at 25
Errick D. Farmer, Antoine Lovell, and Adriel A. Hilton
Chapter 9- Empowering Women in Higher Education and Beyond
Kyung Hee Kim and Sean Schofield
Chapter 10- Thinking Differently Builds Passion on Campus
Kyung Hee Kim and Sue Hyeon Paek
Chapter 11- Redefining Mentorships: Strategies for First-Generation College Students’ Success
Kyung Hee Kim and Nancy Chae
Unit 2- Classroom Climate
Chapter 12- Diversity and Classroom Instruction: Managing Difficult Discussions
Tamara Zellars Buck
Chapter 13- Can Online Teaching Be Inclusive?
Doris W. Carroll
Chapter 14- What Happens When No One Sees You for Who You Are?
Sherwood Thompson
Chapter 15- Being an Ally: Learning to Listen Before Trying to Advocate
Kirsten LaMantia and Holly Wagner
Chapter 16- Code-Switching: Double Consciousness in the Classroom
Antoine Lovell, Errick D. Farmer, and Adriel A. Hilton
Chapter 17- A Faculty Member Protecting the Marginalized
Kathy Previs
Chapter 18- LGBTQ+ Populations: Exploring Gender and Sexual Identities
Kirsten LaMantia and Holly Wagner
Chapter 19- I’m NOT Chinese; I’m Japanese!: A Case Study of Stereotypes
Mustapha Jourdini
Chapter 20- Did Implicit Bias Further Disenfranchise an Underrepresented Student?
Leah Robinson and De’Andrea Matthews
Chapter 21- First-Generation Students Need Professors to Understand Them Better
Ginny Whitehouse
Chapter 22- White Privilege: The Equity of Not Using the N-Word
Kirsten LaMantia and Holly Wagner
Chapter 23- Diversity Issues for Faculty: “What Do You Think?” Inclusion/Exclusion Dynamics in Group Work
Eleni Oikonomidoy
Unit 3- Policy Issues
Chapter 24- Students Are Anxious, Divided Over Bathroom Policies
Sherwood Thompson
Chapter 25- Selective Flying: Is a Flag Truly Removed When It Still Shows Up on Game Day?
Willie R. Tubbs
Chapter 26- Recognizing Institutional Betrayal on College Campuses
Doris W. Carroll
Chapter 27- Retention of Underrepresented Students: When Does Perseverance Hinder One’s Ability to Compete?
Leah Robinson and De’Andrea Matthews
Chapter 28- Building Walls or Bridges: How to Make Mutually Beneficial Policy Decisions
Sherwood Thompson
Chapter 29- Why and How Should We Talk About Affirmative Action?
M. Kelly Carr
Chapter 30- Nurturing the Lost Attitudes of Empathy and Compassion in Test-centric Education
Kyung Hee Kim and Sarah M. Nuss
Chapter 31- Utilizing Intellectual Diversity to Cultivate Innovation
Kyung Hee Kim and Daria Lorio-Barsten
Chapter 32- Outnumbered: Is Conservatism Truly Under Attack on College Campuses?
Willie R. Tubbs
Chapter 33- Affirmative Action: Where Are My Brothers and Sisters?
Adriel A. Hilton, Errick D. Farmer, and Antoine Lovell
Chapter 34- Welcome, Not Celebrated: Are Christian Campuses Truly Inclusive for Sexually Diverse Students?
Willie R. Tubbs
Unit 4- Student Organizations
Chapter 35- First Generation College Students: Our Group Is the Best!
Eleni Oikonomidoy
Chapter 36- Anti-Gay Slurs: One Man’s Struggle
Kathy Previs
Chapter 37- Diversity and Student Media: Does the Faculty Adviser Have a Racist Agenda?
Tamara Zellars Buck
Chapter 38- Diversity and Student Media: When Protectionism Interferes with Newsgathering
Tamara Zellars Buck
About the Editors
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